Hi everyone. This is my last post for 2024. Holy cow. I still don't understand where 2024 vanished to, but it was basically a good year overall for me. Politics aside, I hope 2025 is the same for everyone.
It will be a quiet New Years Eve at my house. Sometimes we go out for Chinese food, but I'm not sure we'll even do that. I have chilled a bottle of prosecco, but I will probably be toasting well before midnight. 😏 Is anyone doing anything exciting?
It's time for T over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog again. Last year my husband and I visited a local family farm in Elliot, Maine that had a Christmas light walk, and we liked it so much we went back again this year. I thought before the holidays are over I'd share some festive lights and also my hot cocoa drink that we bought when we were there.
Let me start with my hot cocoa ticket for T Day. It's a little fuzzy,but you can still see it. And then we're onto this flower patch. I love all the little bee lights too.
The walk takes about an hour, and it is an easy mile(ish). Or about 1.6 km. They also limit tickets for each entry time so although there are people, they do a great job at keeping it from being too congested.
I really like this next photo. It looks like I digitally played around with it, but I didn't.
Since we came last year, we were curious how much the light show had changed. Some things had changed, and some had not. But it was still quite fun to walk around.
The light tunnels are always fun.
As are the lighted trees. These small ones are actually not even real trees.
But these tall ones are.
I like the lighted campfire but it definitely wasn't very warm. 😏
And this might be next year's Christmas card.
More lighted deer, then a snippet of a lobster trap tree and well as present made out of painted lobster buoys. All appropriate since the farm is on the tidal Piscataqua (Pis-ca-ta-qua) River (which you might have seen if you ever saw any of my boating photos).
And a few more photos to finish off our walk.
Wishing everyone a happy T day, a wonderful rest of 2024 and a great start to the new year 2025 on Wednesday.
18 comments:
Great pictures. I hope you have a great rest of the year, too.
Lovely lights to go with our hot chocolate! I like your next years Christmas card photo. Thank you for your visit already. It is nice I was not forgotten. Happy New Year as well as Happy T Day.
...all of this is beautiful, but I'm glad the electric bill doesn't come to me! Chinese food sounds good to me.
Hot cocoa is a great addition to top off the festival -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
Wonderful lights! I saw a few of those installations when I was in California, but my visits were all in the daytime.
Have a great New Year… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Quite the light show. An warm welcome for 2025.
LOL, with your words " a good year" you HAVE to visit us!!!! Or, Henry, who is on foot 30 minutes away.
We sure will not make it till midnight.
Nothing exciting. Cuddling up.
The walk is so WOW.
And your next year Christmas card... so sweet.
To a Happy New Year, hugs!!!!
(Really, you helped me through tough times)
Oh yes that should definitely be your card for next year AND framed on your wall, too, great photo of y'all! Love all the scenes. We had one for years a few miles north of us, but the owner died this past year, and wife couldn't do it all herself, so it closed. I'm sad, but happy we went a few times while it was open. They are so fun, magical and uplifting to the spirit. The Lady Bird Johnson Arboretum in Austin has a huge one every year, too. XOX
The lights are so beautiful! Happy New Year to you and yours, Erika.
I LOVE YOUR PHOTO with your husband, Erika. HAPPY NEW YEAR, my friend.
How absolutely stunning! We used to go to something similar in the arboretum north of Bristol when we lived in the UK many years ago. But it was nothing compared to what you saw. I appreciate that since LED light have been invented, there is more scope to make it spectacular (and cheaper in electricity).
Wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy 2025,
Hugs
Lisca
We will be in bed at our usual time and 2025 will arrive without us being there to bid it welcome. All the very best for 2025 with peace, joy and good health.
Wow, the lights look so amazing and creative 😊. We have storms forecast here so a lot of events have been cancelled, it doesn't affect us though as, like you, we'll toast in the New Year early and be off to bed ...lol! Happy T Day and wishing you a happy New Year too, may it be filled with joy, peace and good health ❤️ . Hugs, Jo x
Pity we can't take photos for Christmas cards at Christmas because you would have a winner with the two of you standing by those lights! That show is amazing. I loved all the trees -- the branches are so pretty when well lit. But my favorite is those sunflowers. It's downright magical!
I think our New Year's Eve celebrations sound identical -- Prosecco and in bed long before the ball drops! I hope your 2025 is a good one, happy and healthy. All good wishes for a Happy New Year!
Your photos are fabulous. I was lucky that my friend and I drove. Walking would have done me in, I fear. I loved seeing the trees and really loved your possible next year's Christmas card. Thanks for sharing your walk and your hot chocolate with us for T this Tuesday, dear Erika.
Have a safe, healthy, and joyous New Year, dear friend.
So beautiful. Happy New Year
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Wow, such gorgeous lights! Those are amazing and thank you for sharing this in your lovely post!
Lovely pictures - that looks like a fabulous place. So festive and fun and fun drink picture too. Hugz
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